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Endocr Pathol. 1996;7(2):121-130. doi: 10.1007/BF02739971.

Possible Relation of p53 and mdm-2 Oncoprotein Expression in Thyroid Carcinoma: A Molecular-Pathological and Immunohistochemical Study on Paraffin-Embedded Tissue.

Endocrine pathology

Kurt W. Schmid, Agnes Bankfalvi, Swantja Mucke, Dietmar Ofner, Kristina Riehemann, Soren Schroder, Andrea Stucker, Martin Totsch, Barbara Dockhorn-Dworniczak

PMID: 12114639 DOI: 10.1007/BF02739971

Abstract

Routinely processed tissues from a series of benign and malignant thyroid lesions were immunohistochemically investigated with antibodies against p53 and mdm-2. p53 was immunolocalized in <10% of nuclei in 2/80 nodular goiters, 2/60 follicular adenomas, 26/68 follicular carcinomas, 7/40 papillary carcinomas, 3/10 "insular" carcinomas, and 10/31 anaplastic carcinomas. More than 10% positively stained nuclei were found in 2 widely invasive follicular, 2 insular, and 15 anaplastic carcinomas. All p53-positive cases showed a concomitant immunohistochemical mdm-2 expression; an immunohistochemical colocalization on serial section was demonstrated in 12 anaplastic carcinomas. Screening by polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis of these 12 cases revealed no relevant mutations in the coding regions of exons 2-11 of the p53 gene. Additionally, 1 follicular adenoma, 6 follicular carcinomas (4 minimally and 2 widely invasive), 1 papillary, and 2 poorly differentiated insular carcinomas were mdm-2 positive without immunohistochemically detectable p53 expression. These results provide evidence that wild-type p53 expression in thyroid carcinomas may be associated with mdm-2 induced formation of stable complexes. However, the role of p53 mutations and p53 protein inactivation owing to other factors (e.g., mdm-2) in the progression of thyroid carcinomas is still poorly understood.

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